Rufus, OR

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rufus, OR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 272. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet RUFUS-OR · Rufus, OR 1 ZIPs · 272 pop · #24021/25278 · Sherman County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $39,306
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24021/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Wasco
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 272
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $182,800

Nearest income peer: Wasco, OR (+ $14,569 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Rufus

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rufus on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rufus, OR sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

5th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
272
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$39,306
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($39,306 average) · poverty 24.5%. The primary code (97050) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rufus as a pure owner town.

Within Oregon, Antelope is the closest lower-income city and Seneca the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rufus.

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ZIP Codes in Rufus, OR

These ZIP codes sit in Sherman County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rufus. See the Sherman County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Sherman County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Rufus, Wasco, Moro and Grass Valley among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Moro marks the far end of that range at $93,056, 137% above Rufus.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
97050 272 14 America/Los_Angeles

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Rufus, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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